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Friday, November 2, 2012

Free or Cheap Dublin

Welcome! I thought I’d put together a list (I love
lists!) of ten things to do for free or very cheaply in Dublin. It always
surprises me how people don’t utilise what’s free out there or just plain don’t
know about it- so here goes. And don't just skip over the cultural ones-give it a go, you never know you might like it!

Numero uno: The
Gallery of Photography on Meeting House Square.

Walk in the door and turn immediately right, saying hi on
the way to the impossibly cool photography dude/dudette on the till and head
upstairs to the two floored gallery. The thing that’s nice about this gallery
is it changes its exhibitions regularly and that there’s just enough not to get
bored. Twenty five to thirty mins in and you can say, “Right, that’s enough
culture, off to get a hot choc/pint.” www.galleryofphotography.ie

2. The Screen Cinema,
D’Olier Street

It’s round the corner from Grafton Street, it’s scruffy in a
comforting kind of way and their website has all that 50s cupcake style going
on. They play classic films, student prices are €5 on Mondays, plus if you
wanna get all literary on us they stream Shakespeare’s Globe and The Met
productions amongst others. www.screencinema.ie3. Accents cafe
on Stephen Street Lwr

Great tasting coffee for €2.50 in a big bowl of a white cup,
polite staff, comfy leather sofas plus a book shelf- what’s not to like?
They’ve a lounge downstairs where they hold evening events and hobby group
meet-ups and are open until 11pm for that late night cuppa ‘n a bun, the owner
is trying to promote an alcohol free environment and good luck to her. http://accentslounge.wordpress.com

It’s pretty crap yeh, in terms of new films but as per the
previous post, like them on Facebook and you’ll get up to the minute info on
new series coming to Netflix and when new films are added.

6. First
Wednesday

If you’re not working/in college on the first Wednesday of
the month, did you know it’s free in to all OPW sites such as Dublin Castle? www.heritageireland.ie/en

7. ...and First
Thursdays sees galleries in Temple Bar open in the evening www.templebar.ie

8. Bewley’s Cafe
Theatre on Grafton Street

Relatively cheap (between €8 and €12 depending which day you
go), diverse in its programme, price includes a big bowl of soup and brown
bread, and if you don’t like it it’s usually over in 45mins-one hour so you
haven’t long to wait to leave. In truth these productions are usually great.
Intimate and feeling kind of exclusive, you climb up the stairs to the top floor and as the curtains are drawn over Grafton
Street at lunchtime, hopefully you’ll think this was money well spent. www.bewleyscafetheatre.com

9. Lunch at The
Bailey on Duke Street

Ok, it’s not
haute cuisine but tapas (3 ham or chicken croquettes €3.50) + house red wine
(€5) + espresso (€1.90) on a day when it’s comfortable enough to sit outside is a
cheap enough way to spend an hour watching the comings and goings of Grafton
Street whilst watching the handsome waiters from the corner of your eye.www.baileybarcafe.com